14 June 2010 Europe

HISTORIC UK RAILWAY REOPENS

The American owners of Britain's Weardale Railway have restored daily passenger service between Stanhope and Bishop Auckland, 26km, in County Durham, almost 60 years after they were withdrawn by British Rail in 1953. Five diesel trains are to run in each direction using a new link to the national r

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